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[–] 56 points 2 years ago (6 children)

tl;dr: There are two types of bloom, sugar and fat. Both result from storing the chocolate wrong, leading to either fat or sugar crystallizing on the surface of the chocolate. And both types influence the texture and taste somewhat but are completely harmless from a health perspective.

Personally I don't understand how this can happen. Who stores their chocolate long enough?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    My wife.

    Buy her any kind of fancy stuff from a gourmet chocolatier and its guaranteed to go in the bin in 18 months.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Alternatively, don’t chuck it. Eat it or give it to someone who will.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You dont understand, she is saving it for a special occasion.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The special occasion when someone finally gets to use the guest towels?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    does she not like it? or is she saving it because she thinks it's too precious?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There is also salt bloom! But that happens on smoked sausage like pepperoni or smokies.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cigars can also develop a bloom.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    We get so much chocolate at Halloween. I'm not a big candy guy (pastries for me, thank you), and I'm sure as hell not letting my kids have unrestricted access to caffeine and sugar. We almost always have some left when the next Halloween rolls around. If I have a piece in September it will likely have bloom on it.

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